Tag: Prasad Harichandan

The opposition parties, BJP and Congress, today held the State government responsible for the outbreak of jaundice in Sambalpur which has claimed around 20 lives in last 20 days

It’s official. Congress high command today named young leader Prasad Harichandan to lead the party in Odisha. He would replace Jayadev Jena as Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president. The much-awaited announcement came from All India Congress Committee (AICC) in the evening

Bhubaneswar: The political battle over polls has become cynosure of all eyes. Both the ruling BJD and Opposition Congress are busy with fault-finding sessions as the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls are getting nearer. BJD on Tuesday became critical about the role of Opposition parties especially Congress in Odisha while claiming that the majority of […]

Bhubaneswar: Amidst debate on whether a tribunal is required to resolve the Mahanadi water dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh, the state Congress unit on Sunday sought immediate intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for amicable settlement of the issue. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi should intervene and ask Chhattisgarh to stop project work on upstream of […]

Bhubaneswar: Congress on Monday hit out at ruling BJD in Odisha and BJP, stating that both the parties were equally responsible for poverty, backwardness and misrule in the state. “While BJD is to be blamed for Odisha’s poverty, backwardness and misrule, BJP is also equally responsible for this,” Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Prasad […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit here, Congress on Friday demanded grant of special category state status or a special financial package to Odisha. As Modi is coming to attend BJP’s national executive meeting beginning here tomorrow, he should announce special category state status for Odisha at the same meeting, Odisha Pradesh Congress […]

Bhubaneswar: A day before the BJP rally here, the opposition Congress today put five questions to the visiting ruling party president Amit Shah. Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Prasad Harichandan in a statement said he had asked five questions expecting reply from BJP president Amit Shah during his rally tomorrow.Ridiculing the Central government over demonetisation […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President Prasad Harichandan today termed the trial of strength in Uttarakhand Assembly as a “victory for democracy”. “It is a victory for democracy. It has silenced the Narandra Modi government which had called for a Congress-free India,” Harichandan said in a statement. Modi and the Sangh Parivar should realise […]

Congress on Thursday accused the Centre and Odisha government of diluting the Forest Rights Act (FRA) and said it will launch a campaign in the state and elsewhere, to make tribals aware of their rights

The Congress today dubbed Odisha budget as regressive and hollow, claiming that BJD government's claim about 5.15 per cent increase in budgetary outlay is misleading as there is no hike in real terms

Bhubaneswar: Noting that Congress was passing through a critical phase in Odisha, newly appointed Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Prasad Harichandan on Monday said he would work hard to restore people’s confidence in the organisation through collective leadership. “I am an ordinary worker of the party. I will take all sections in Congress along in […]

Opposition Congress on Saturday strongly criticised the Odisha Government over its claim of being the first state in the country to pass the Lokayukta Bill- 2014 in the Assembly and moved a privilege motion against the Chief Minister and Parliamentary Affairs Minister for misleading the House

A day after defeat of their no-confidence move against the Naveen Patnaik government, Opposition Congress members today wore black badges alleging that they had been denied their genuine rights.....

Opposition Congress on Monday served a no-confidence notice in Odisha Assembly against the Naveen Patnaik ministry accusing it of failing on all fronts

Opposition Congress in Odisha on Wednesday criticised Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for not keeping his promise to establish a strong Lokayukta in the state